Re: Why the heck not?
It seems to be just a difference in philosophy, I guess. IMO, even if you use a mental ability to throw a brick at someone, you are still aiming via physics, which says OCV rather than EOCV to me. If the target of the brick is standing behind cover, he would be harder to hit. Whereas cover doesn't matter with OECV (IIRC). I'm not saying I'd disallow as a GM if the player came up with a good SFX justification, but it would definitely be an exception rather than a rule.